1971 European Cup final

1971 European Cup Final

Match programme cover
Event	1970–71 European Cup
Ajax Panathinaikos 2 0
Date	2 June 1971
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Jack Taylor (England)
Attendance	83,179

The teams walk out before the final.

The 1971 European Cup Final was a football match between Ajax of the Netherlands and Panathinaikos of Greece on 2 June 1971 at Wembley Stadium. It was the final match of the 1970–71 season of Europe's premier cup competition, the European Cup. Ajax were appearing in their second final, having lost the 1969 final 4–1 to Italian team A.C. Milan. Panathinaikos were appearing in their first final.

Both teams progressed through four rounds to reach the final. Ajax comfortably won all of their ties by two goals, except for their 5–1 aggregate victory against Swiss team Basel in the second round. Panathinaikos matches were close affairs, with the exception of their 7–1 aggregate victory against Jeunesse Esch of Luxembourg in the first round. Their quarter-final and semi-final victories were both won via the away goals rule.

Watched by a crowd of 83,179, Ajax took the lead in the 5th minute when Dick van Dijk scored. Ajax extended their lead in the 87th minute when a shot by Arie Haan deflected off defender Anthimos Kapsis and went into the Panathinaikos goal, giving Ajax its first European Cup victory by a score of 2–0.

Route to the final

Further information: 1970–71 European Cup

Ajax				Round	Panathinaikos
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
17 Nëntori Tirana	4–2	2–2 (A)	2–0 (H)	First round	Jeunesse Esch	7–1	2–1 (A)	5–0 (H)
Basel	5–1	3–0 (H)	2–1 (A)	Second round	Slovan Bratislava	4–2	3–0 (H)	1–2 (A)
Celtic	3–1	3–0 (H)	0–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Everton	1–1 (a)	1–1 (A)	0–0 (H)
Atlético Madrid	3–1	0–1 (A)	3–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Red Star Belgrade	4–4 (a)	1–4 (A)	3–0 (H)

Match

Details

2 June 1971

Ajax	2–0	Panathinaikos
Van Dijk 5' Haan 87'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 83,179

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Ajax	Panathinaikos

GK 1 Heinz Stuy SW 2 Velibor Vasović (c) RB 3 Wim Suurbier CB 4 Barry Hulshoff LB 6 Nico Rijnders  46' RM 7 Johan Neeskens CM 8 Sjaak Swart  46' LM 9 Gerrie Mühren RF 10 Dick van Dijk CF 11 Piet Keizer LF 14 Johan Cruyff Substitutes: DF 12 Horst Blankenburg  46' MF 15 Arie Haan  46' GK 13 Sies Wever MF 5 Ruud Suurendonk Manager: Rinus Michels

GK 1 Takis Ikonomopoulos RB 2 Yiannis Tomaras CB 3 Giorgos Vlachos CB 4 Kostas Eleftherakis LB 5 Aristidis Kamaras DM 6 Frangiskos Sourpis CM 7 Charis Grammos AM 8 Totis Filakouris RW 9 Antonis Antoniadis CF 10 Mimis Domazos (c) LW 11 Anthimos Kapsis Substitutes: GK 13 Vasilis Constantinou DF 14 Victor Mitropoulos DF 15 Kostas Athanasopoulos DF 16 Mitsos Demetriou MF 17 Dimitris Kaligeris Manager: Ferenc Puskás

See also

• 1970–71 European Cup
• 1971 Intercontinental Cup
• AFC Ajax in European football
• Panathinaikos F.C. in European football

External links

• 1970-71 season at UEFA website